Michael Chabon

Tayari Jones, whose novel "An American Marriage" has been chosen for Oprah Winfrey's book club, will always remember that phone call from last October.

She was driving in Las Vegas, expecting to hear from books editor Leigh Haber of Winfrey's magazine, "O," for which Jones has written reviews.

"But instead of Leigh's voice coming through the sound system of my car, it was Oprah's," Jones, 47, told The Associated Press during a recent interview. "I would have known that voice anywhere. And I just pulled over, in a not-so-great part of town. And people were tapping on my windows, and I was like, 'Go away, I'm trying to have the biggest moment...

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